This paper suggests the need for a software engineering research community conversation about the future that the community would like to have. The paper observes that the researc...
Missing or imprecise requirements can lead stakeholders to make incorrect assumptions. A "Not a Problem" defect report (NaP) describes a software behavior that a stakeho...
Many software applications have a component based on database management systems in which information is generally handled through SQL queries embedded in the application code. Wh...
Missing or faulty exception handling has caused a number of spectacular system failures and is a major cause of software failures in extensively tested critical systems. Prior wor...
Realizing a shift of software engineering towards a component-based approach to software development requires the development of higher level programming systems supporting the de...
Walter Cazzola, Andrea Savigni, Andrea Sosio, Fran...